Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1450
Publication Place
Iznik (made) Turkey (made) -
Subject
Ceramics Earthenware
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 17cm, Height: 7.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
C.17-1982
Record ID
C.17-1982
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1450
Notes
Potters in Ottoman Turkey reponded to costly imported Chinese blue-and-white porcelain by disguising their red earthenware vessels with a white tin-glazed slip; vessels were then painted in cobalt blue before glazing. Their geometric designs show only a distant understanding of the Chinese porcelains that inspired them. These imitations, made over a long period, probably from the 14th century to the early 16th, were widely distributed. It was first excavated in the ruins of ancient Miletus in south-west Turkey, and consequently, came to be known as 'Miletus ware', however, as wasters and kiln debris of this type of ware have been excavated at Iznik in north-west Turkey, much is now attributed to Iznik, although it may also have been made elsewhere.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Earthenware, slip and painted in cobalt blue, glazed Earthenware Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama
Bowl of red earthenware, the inside covered with white slip and painted with blue cobalt under a clear glaze. Shallow bowl with slightly out-turned edge and small foot. The interior is painted with three inverted leaf motifs, the rim with a stepped Z-shaped band. Outside painted with a rough criss-cross or grid pattern in dark blue under a glaze.
Üretim
"Miletus ware"
Üslup
Ottoman
